clio 1999 rn 5 door project

[jn1991]

hi guys and girls ! This is going to be my build thread and will be on going for a while.

 

[Alastair.]

pics?

 

[jn1991]

So here is the project a nice low millage clio first thing i did was spray the hub caps as i was bored one after noon when i got it!

 

[danzel]

Some great progress, it's really come a long way

 

[Dweeb]

brilliant

 

[jn1991]

Haha it a standard car but kept really clean I will put more pics up later of it lowered! And it's photoshoot tonight

 

[jn1991]

It standard mate ! Well this pic is ;p

 

[jn1991]

What wheels would u guys recommend for this car ats cups or bande steelies ? And what colours possibly goin for lime green or orange

 

[Joss.]

banded steelies FTW green would be nice to see, aslong as it is sprayed well then you can go with the green theme throughout

 

[jn1991]

Yer well it depends on wheels ! People I talked to at the cruise cringed at the word banded steelies but auto orange is really nice lol !

 

[Josh93]

gone on a crrrrrrruiiiise and asked opinions on my clioo init dont trust anyone that cruises it'll end up in tears

 

[Dweeb]

what he said ^^

banded steeeeeeeels!

 

[Josh93]

Banded Steels will be good, cant fault something different, do lime green centres and orange dishes :rasp:

 

[jn1991]

Haha was thinking colour coded dishes then coloured centres . Will take his opinion on board as he got in the top 25 of the French show this year haha !

 

[jn1991]

here is another picture of the standard clio !

 

[jn1991]

next job was to get the coilovers and take it to a mate round the corner to get them fitted the coilovers i have are TA technix which where very cheap and can be dropped to 120mm as the clio starts off high i will need the lot XD and as you can see the front still has a very long way to go down.

 

[jn1991]

another shot of the coilover which went on tuesday 7/6/2011

 

[jn1991]

so here the car was after the first adjustment but need to let the coils get used to it then later this week i had i put down some more. ( more of those pics to follow )

 

[jn1991]

heres a good shot of the rear and this is sitting how i like it but could go lower and has but the front still need to go down

 

[Sam_]

Yeah you might as well wind them right down looks like mine ATM and mines only lowered by about 60mm

 

[JCC]

At least you're doing it in the right order, getting sitting at the right height and everything else will follow. Wind it down a LOT more though.

 

[jn1991]

when my mate uploads pics from the cruise from last night the rear gone down another 10mm

 

[jn1991]

im going to get it stanced first as that the main thing then body work to follow afterwards and my mate going to get them really down and in the arches front and rear

 

[jn1991]

next part of the project was to get rid of the cassette player head unit !! as it was s**t!!!!! so i decided to buy a phillips ipod head unit and alpine speakers which are quality. And as i had some free stickers from fc magazine i thought i would sticker bomb the surround

 

[jn1991]

i had some left over stickers so i decided to go crazy with it

 

[littleC18]

looking good mate! not sure on the sticker bombing though!

Banded steels are probably the best option! with loads of stretch. but make sure you band them to atleast 8.5j on the rear anything less is pointless imo!
Then smooth the bumpers! got a smooth ph1 rear bumper if you want?

 

[jn1991]

cool i just inboxed ya the centre might go in the near future lol it was a board afternoon haha !

 

[kerry-w]

Looks like some good progress so far get a dynamique spoiler for it, banded steels sound like a great idea too!

Sticker bombing on the heater panel is abit iffy, but around the stereo it looks good enough

 

[jn1991]

Yer I'm thinking about it but seeing what some one can ge hold of wheel wise the heater stickers are going it was just boredom aha!

 

[Joss.]

Quite like the stickerbombing idea tbh always a fan of something different will look forward to further progress on this car

 

[jn1991]

It still on stilts going to run this stupid low I want a little scrap ;p but if it ain't practical air may be needed but I dnt want tht route XD getting seriously deep wheels I hope then it will sit right then oto the body work /interior

 

[DanielJames]

Quite like the stickerbombing idea tbh always a fan of something different will look forward to further progress on this car

How is stickerbombing something different? 2 years a go maybe, but now it's common as muck. It's always the non sport owners that do it too!

 

[Joss.]

its not that common nowadays? as you say, two years ago maybe, but seems to have died down a bit recently

 

[jn1991]

well it was originally done as a temporary measure to brighten up the interior. Also look at how many feature cars have sticker bomb a few do so it cnt be naff can it ?? and considering he got back to back features and it has sticker bombed parts it cnt really be naff !!! but every ones is allowed there opinions but my car is going to be my car so it will have my own adaption of styles and it will be original

 

[jn1991]

wheel update for you ! these are my firstish choice if i can have what i want done to them

 

[jn1991]

just a quick update for you all! i have taken a risk in buying very wide banded steelies today lets hope they fit and look awesome!

 

[jn1991]

here is one of the pictures my mate has taken of the clio after its drop

 

[jn1991]

next thing to do was to remove the wiper of the rear window. Before any of you tackle it if you have not already done it, it is a hard job !! first thing i did was to take the black plastic cover off the inside of the boot
next i unscrewed the motor for the wiper blade and disconnected the motors power cable
then soaked where the wiper is attached with wd40 overnight (use alot )
in the morning use some elbow grease and pullll !!! and off it came and then removed the wiper motor and finished off by using a 13mm blanking grommet to cover the whole where the wiper was

 

[jn1991]

 

[jn1991]

i got these stickers from this guy on ebay and he got them to me in 24 hrs!!!

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